AIZAWL, India (Reuters): The chief minister of a small Indian state into which a stream of refugees from Myanmar have entered in recent days said on Monday (March 8) that they should be given temporary shelter, as the federal government decides on whether some will be sent back.
Several low-ranking Myanmar police and their families have crossed into north-eastern Mizoram state, where they have sought refuge to avoid taking orders from a junta that imposed a coup in the Southeast Asian country last month.
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